Dude, please tell me about that, it sounds so interesting! Somebody else said on here that he liked it but he didn't really get clean. Is it just luck really who you get washing you and how well that works?

This year I'm planning to at least wash my hair mid week, probably Thursday. Last time I had it under a turban the whole time because I couldn't brush it after the first day and my hair was literally just about dreaded up by the time I was able to wash it out at the hotel, a whole bottle of Suave conditioner later and I was finally able to brush it out. But my scalp was itchy as fuck for days afterward.

The water truck only works if you don't mind being covered in playa goop from the knee down afterward.

I bring a plastic salad bowl and fill it with about a gallon of water. Using either a bandanna or a wash cloth, I wash the top layer of dust off. I start from the top of my head and work my way downward. After that, I do it again with soap, then clear water. An entire shower uses less than 2 gallons of water.
By using the bowl, I can kneel down and dunk my head in it and get all the dust out.
I take a shower every afternoon and I really need to be clean to feel human. The Human Carcass Wash is a lot of fun, but only expect 1/3 of you to be clean. You figure the 1/3.

When I see these posts it certainly makes me feel fortunate to camp where I do. Nice shower, runs electrically so you can get clean, gray water disposal, and playa mud free. This year we will replace our loufah (yes, we really had one) which got blown away in Saturday's windstorm. Maybe you guys ought to try thinking outside of the box a little bit and try to actually see if you can get clean? OK, back to my hole now.

Dr. Pyro wrote:When I see these posts it certainly makes me feel fortunate to camp where I do. Nice shower, runs electrically so you can get clean, gray water disposal, and playa mud free. This year we will replace our loufah (yes, we really had one) which got blown away in Saturday's windstorm. Maybe you guys ought to try thinking outside of the box a little bit and try to actually see if you can get clean? OK, back to my hole now.

Doc! I intend to take full advantage of your nice shower at BDC no matter how many interesting carcass wash adventures I have. Clean is good!

Clean is easy - practice beforehand with a sunshower in the tub at home. I can do my bod & at least rinse out my hair with 3-5 quarts. If my hair is NASTY then I'll spend a little more and rinse my hair down. Still, start from the top, short bursts, doc bonners, and a bath scrub ball.

Now that our camp has a shower I tend to use a little more - maybe a gallon and a half - but it sure is nice to be CLEAN. Only thing I hate is that cold-cold evaporating wind... BRRR! (That breajks you of long showers FAST!)

Hair? OK, I oil it hard pre-event (warm olive oil and conditioner), and do a quick rinse with a DAB of conditioner and a hairbrush. The conditioner binds to and gets the dirt/glue out, the brush pulls the water thru the hair, and makes it possible to rinse with a water bottle. (Trick I learned from Red - thanks, hon!!!) NO SOAP as it dries the hair, turns it into a dustcatcher.

I take four cases of distilled water, six gallons in each.
I stand in a plastic tub used for mixing concrete, and pour said water over myself, then soap myself down then a quick rinse. Use less then gallon each time.
Not as good as a nice shower at home, but, it works.
And the human carcass wash, which pretty much just cools a body down.
I gift a gallon to poly paradise each year.

My cats are cuter than your grandkids!"We in Arizona (and the rest of the United States) have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act.""Government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem."

C.f.M. wrote:Please to remember, part of the HCW is that you take a turn doing the washing.

Yes, oh YES! I can't really remember the first time I invaded anybody's privacy that way, but I know from teaching nursing students in the hospital that some folks really have trouble getting past the whole "Danger Square"* thing. This event sounds interesting on lots of different levels!

* One of the more amusing useless tidbits my kids brought home from school was this song: Stop! Don't touch me there! This is my Danger Square!

C.f.M. wrote:Please to remember, part of the HCW is that you take a turn doing the washing.

Yes, It is an participatory experience worth trying once. BM is all about
expanding your limits. You spray soap solutions on others then squeege
it off with your hands. Same with rinse water. Then you get done.

Something I'd probably never do in the real world, but part of the fun at Burningman.

C.f.M. wrote:Please to remember, part of the HCW is that you take a turn doing the washing.

Yes, It is an participatory experience worth trying once. BM is all aboutexpanding your limits. You spray soap solutions on others then squeegeit off with your hands. Same with rinse water. Then you get done.

Something I'd probably never do in the real world, but part of the fun at Burningman.

They are open every day!

skibear, that line has long since been blurred and i dont try to separate the two anymore.

C.f.M. wrote:Please to remember, part of the HCW is that you take a turn doing the washing.

Most definately.

My cats are cuter than your grandkids!"We in Arizona (and the rest of the United States) have been more than patient waiting for Washington to act.""Government is not the solution to our problems, government is the problem."